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Introduction

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Introduction This ThinkCentre User Guide contains the following information: v Chapter 1, "Important safety information," on page 1 provides information about where to find safety information for this product. v Chapter 2, "Features and Specifications," on page 3 provides information about features and specifications of your computer. v Chapter 3, "Software overview," on page 7 provides information on the operating system and software applications that might be preloaded on your computer. v Chapter 4, "Using the Setup Utility," on page 9 provides instructions on how to view and change the configuration settings of your computer. v Chapter 5, "Updating system programs," on page 13 provides information about updating POST/BIOS and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure. v Chapter 6, "Troubleshooting and diagnostics," on page 15 provides information about basic troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for your computer. v Chapter 7, "Recovering software," on page 21 provides instructions on how to use the ThinkVantage® Rescue and Recovery® program to create product recovery discs, back up data, recover software, and restore the entire contents of your hard disk drive to a previously saved state. v Chapter 8, "Getting information, help, and service," on page 29 provides information about the wide variety of helpful resources available from Lenovo®. v Appendix A, "Manual modem commands," on page 33 provides commands for manually programming your modem. v Appendix B, "Notices," on page 41 provides notices and trademark information. © Copyright Lenovo 2008 v

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Introduction
This
ThinkCentre
User
Guide
contains
the
following
information:
v
Chapter
1,
“Important
safety
information,”
on
page
1
provides
information
about
where
to
find
safety
information
for
this
product.
v
Chapter
2,
“Features
and
Specifications,”
on
page
3
provides
information
about
features
and
specifications
of
your
computer.
v
Chapter
3,
“Software
overview,”
on
page
7
provides
information
on
the
operating
system
and
software
applications
that
might
be
preloaded
on
your
computer.
v
Chapter
4,
“Using
the
Setup
Utility,”
on
page
9
provides
instructions
on
how
to
view
and
change
the
configuration
settings
of
your
computer.
v
Chapter
5,
“Updating
system
programs,”
on
page
13
provides
information
about
updating
POST/BIOS
and
how
to
recover
from
a
POST/BIOS
update
failure.
v
Chapter
6,
“Troubleshooting
and
diagnostics,”
on
page
15
provides
information
about
basic
troubleshooting
and
diagnostic
tools
for
your
computer.
v
Chapter
7,
“Recovering
software,”
on
page
21
provides
instructions
on
how
to
use
the
ThinkVantage
®
Rescue
and
Recovery
®
program
to
create
product
recovery
discs,
back
up
data,
recover
software,
and
restore
the
entire
contents
of
your
hard
disk
drive
to
a
previously
saved
state.
v
Chapter
8,
“Getting
information,
help,
and
service,”
on
page
29
provides
information
about
the
wide
variety
of
helpful
resources
available
from
Lenovo
®
.
v
Appendix
A,
“Manual
modem
commands,”
on
page
33
provides
commands
for
manually
programming
your
modem.
v
Appendix
B,
“Notices,”
on
page
41
provides
notices
and
trademark
information.
©
Copyright
Lenovo
2008
v